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Coast Guard NegOr deploys more floating assets for maritime security

DUMAGUETE CITY, Dec. 12 -- The Philippine Coast Guard in Negros Oriental is adding more floating assets to enhance maritime security and disaster response, an official said on Friday. Lt. Marionne Ab... Read More


Pangasinan begins 10-year river rehab, flood project

MALASIQUI, Dec. 12 -- The provincial government on Friday commenced a 10-year river rehabilitation and flood mitigation project, starting with the desilting of major river systems. Large vessels will... Read More


Cruise tourism boosts Northern Samar destinations

ALLEN, Dec. 12 -- Biri Island welcomed 80 tourists from the Australian cruise ship Coral Geographer on Dec. 12, marking the vessel's third visit to Eastern Visayas. The visitors explored the island's... Read More


PSA Ilocos Norte turns over 2024 CBMS results to provincial gov't

LAOAG CITY, Dec. 12 -- The Philippine Statistics Authority in Ilocos Norte has finalized the turnover of the 2024 Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS) results to the provincial government of Iloco... Read More


Maritime cops seize P8.7-M smuggled cigarettes off Zamboanga Sibugay

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Dec. 12 -- Authorities have arrested a boatman and seized about PHP8.7 million worth of smuggled cigarettes off Zamboanga Sibugay province, the police said Friday. The Zamboanga Sibug... Read More


PH, Denmark draft MOU advancing healthcare ties

Manila, Dec. 12 -- The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) and the Kingdom of Denmark have taken a major step toward establishing a long-term skills and training pipeline for Filipino health and care ... Read More


PH posts $273-M BOP surplus in Q3 2025

Manila, Dec. 12 -- The Philippines registered a USD273 million balance of payment surplus in the third quarter of 2025, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported Friday. BSP data showed, however... Read More


BuCor releases 1K PDLs in 5 weeks

Manila, Dec. 12 -- The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) released 1,009 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) from Nov. 1 to Dec. 12, bringing the total number of released PDLs to 28,616 under the Marcos adm... Read More


BFP on red alert Dec. 23-Jan. 2

Manila, Dec. 12 -- The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) on Friday said the entire bureau will be placed on heightened or Blue alert starting Dec. 15, and will shift to full alert or red alert from Dec.... Read More


Palace: Gov't seeks ways to address spike in red onion prices

Manila, Dec. 12 -- Malacanang said Friday the government must carefully balance efforts to address the rising prices of red onions without hurting either consumers or local farmers. In a press briefi... Read More